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Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday on charges related to the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and the filing of false campaign finance records.
The charges of wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy were the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that has stretched for more than a year, during which the Republican congressman from California has maintained his innocence.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in unusual charges on Hunter's campaign credit card had come under scrutiny, including among other things, an Italian vacation, dental work, purchases at a surf shop, and huge tabs at bars in restaurants in the San Diego and Washington, DC, areas. Among the most mocked charges was airfare for a pet rabbit to fly with the family, which an aide said was mistakenly charged to the wrong credit card.
Hunter, a former Marine, has reimbursed his campaign account some $65,000 since the Federal Election Commission first questioned spending on video games in 2016, according to FEC records.
"There was wrong campaign spending, but it was not done by me," Hunter told KGTV-10, a San Diego television station, earlier this year.
His comments have cast blame on his wife and former campaign manager, Margaret Hunter, who also made charges on the campaign credit card.
Hunter's lawyers said last year that "any mistakes were made they were strictly inadvertent and unintentional."
"There was wrong campaign spending, but it was not done by me," Hunter told KGTV-10, a San Diego television station, earlier this year. His comments have cast blame on his wife and former campaign manager, Margaret Hunter, who also made charges on the campaign credit card.
originally posted by: Grambler
a reply to: theantediluvian
I feel like this stuff happens all of the time, and I wish more people would get charged with it.
Yeah, I mean maybe you could believe the excuse if it was a one time charge for a small amount of money.
I feel like this stuff happens all of the time, and I wish more people would get charged with it.
originally posted by: CB328
You know, I posted a while back about how Republicans' pervasive fraud may be evidence that capitalism is failing.
Seriously, if congresspeople can't afford to live without stealing what chance do we have?
originally posted by: CB328
You know, I posted a while back about how Republicans' pervasive fraud may be evidence that capitalism is failing.
Seriously, if congresspeople can't afford to live without stealing what chance do we have?
originally posted by: CB328
You know, I posted a while back about how Republicans' pervasive fraud may be evidence that capitalism is failing.
Seriously, if congresspeople can't afford to live without stealing what chance do we have?
You know, I posted a while back about how Republicans' pervasive fraud may be evidence that capitalism is failing.
it because capitalism failed! Lets switch to socialism